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03/25/2011

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum!

I'll tell y'all right up front that I don't know if the butterfly bead you see in Jack Sparrow's OST "zombie finger" bandana dangle was based on one we sell...or not.... But we've sure found some interesting clues!

I've been a fan of Johnny Depp since his first film. I've enjoyed so many of his characters, from Edward Scissorshands to Mort Rainey to Don Juan to Sweeney Todd to..... Well you name the character he's done where he hasn't been brilliant and I'll tell you that character doesn't exist!

So many actors get in front of a camera and...well they just play themselves. Perhaps with a little embellishment here and there but, basically, they're playing themselves. Not JD. Nope. This man reminds us all of what an actor is supposed to do.

You don't watch one of his films and think, "Oh, that's Johnny Depp playing..." Instead, you watch the film, you become totally immersed in his character and the story....and somewhere in there you might think, "Oh, yeah. That's Johnny Depp."

Like many JD fans, though, I think my all-time favorite character is Captain Jack Sparrow. It's my understanding that Disney was less than thrilled with his interpretation at first. Ummm....that was three POTCs ago with number four soon to hit theatres. (Pssst! May 20th! Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides!) So I would imagine that Disney long ago stopped complaining. (Heehee) Don't reckon Disney's complaining much these days. :-)

Soooooo how does all of that relate to one of our beads? Wellllllll..... It goes like this. Last year, one of our little beads starting flying off our shelves. I always thought it was a pretty bead but it wasn't one of our best sellers. Sooo...hmmmm....I thought. Why is the bead all of a sudden so dang popular?

An individual in the UK bought a bunch. Then, an individual who works for a company that does work for Disney bought a bunch more. (Note: They are NOT Disney...but they do work for 'em...such as movie props, theme park costumes and props, etc. Yes! Really!)

Then an individual in Hawaii.... On and on.

Have I mentioned that in addition to JD, I'm a big fan of "who dunnits"?

So this amateur gumshoe started pokin' around.

For the sake of a shorter story, I'll leave out more customers, more "Ah ha's!", and other interesting things.... but what I discovered was that serious Sparrow impersonators, found on Keep to the Code and wikispaces sites, felt that our humble little bead was the "basis" for the butterfly bead you will see in Jack Sparrow's OST (On Stranger Tides) bandana dangle.

These Sparrows especially like our GK8387. (See photo below.) I'll leave it for you to decide.